Rational Business Developer

Increase productivity with an Enterprise Generation Language development platform

IBM® Rational® Business Developer is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) that simplifies the development of service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications using the Enterprise Generation Language (EGL). Developers can now deliver web, Web 2.0 and mobile applications and services without having to master Java and SOA programming, allowing them to create, test and debug EGL applications while generating Java, Javascript or COBOL code for deployment. RPG and COBOL developers can transition to EGL easily, as it allows them to create portable applications with modern architectures and user interfaces, without having to learn concepts of object-oriented languages.

Rational Business Developer simplifies development, providing developers with a single language for:

For your convenience, the tabs below identify the supported releases of Rational Business Developer
from which you can select detailed system requirement reports for different contexts (by Operating System, by component). Note that clicking a link will always generate a new, up-to-date report.